Behavior Basics: Training Billi to Wave “Bye” | BilliSpeaks
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- I just think she’s the cutest little student ever 🥺🥺
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Billi is a female domestic shorthair, she's 14 years old, her favorite word is mad.
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I look forward to Billi being sassy and telling people to leave when they annoy her. Haha
Presses bye, waves 👋🏻
Mad, bye, waves lol
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Beauty and brains! ❤Billie
She won't even need her buttons anymore. She can just start waving bye everytime she is fed up with someone XD
The best part is Billie wants to learn. It doesn't seem to be all about the treats. She really enjoys the interaction, her ears perk up and her eyes widen. There really is a little person in there.
I had a cat for 14 years. There's certainly a level of consciousness in them. When I was young i was using the sewing drawer to sew toys for her. She actually connected the dots and whenever i opened the drawer she was snuggling and purring waiting for the toy to be ready.
sometimes she seems distracted, but this is behaviour, she remains aleart to the enviornment while picking up the food clues and the verbal ones swilling around in her brain making neurol connections
Yes. Cats are soooo much smarter and complex than we give them credit for. (Tbh any animal is, especially the ones society eats)
@@Netbase2000 Until they get in a space they cannot easily get out of (mind you humans are dumb the same way too)
It’s less about them being consciousness and more about her being decently old and wanting to learn.
Humans could learn from her example. Far too many pigheaded, stubborn, and ignorant old ppl who hate change and learning.
Now she can wave bye to you when you go to work.
Omg I would die 😭😭😭
I would probably burst into tears and never leave
@@BilliSpeaks She is going to do it! Billi will make u stay 🤣🤣
It might have treats but I also suspect Billi likes the stimulation of the brain it gives her,cats are smart and get easely bored at times
I think so! Learning is fun 😊
Same here- training is it’s own little endorphin shot.😁
I'm sure the snacks don't hurt the motivation either
^This! Food now if i train instead of waiting on the feeder timer or being told "Food later."
Seeing her ask to be mentally stimulated really opened my eyes. My poor cats must have been bored out of their gourds their whole lives 😭
Not bad, not bad. I trained my cat to ignore me when I tell him what to do. He's really good at it. Does it all the time.
I'm amazed Billi asked for a training session. She's a smart kitty.
And in the mood for a snack. 😁
Learning, food, and Mom's undivided attention. What's not to like?
She asked for the training because she knows she will get food, she doesn't care about the training. Lol
The question is: will she be doing it out of good will to lighten up Kendra’s mood in the future, or will she only do it for food? By using: “Bye Training” she expects it to include food. - Maybe she just found “training” to be a reasonable price for the extra food, as she learned that she will not always get food just by asking for food.
She has asked for training before in a previous video. It's just amazing to see that she was able to formulate the words to state what type of training.
So smart for not only asking for training, but connecting the "bye" training cue with the "bye" button and its meaning! She may not quite understand what they have to do with each other yet, but I think she's only a step away from waving "bye" and meaning it!
OMG. This precious kitty has it all figured out! 💛
Billi: Food.
Mom: Food soon.
Billi: Mad.
Billi: Training.
Mom: Yes!!
Billi: Omnomnom... .🍗
That made me laugh! I love Billi
Billi’s well on her way to becoming a flight attendant
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Buh bye buh bye buh bye yuh!
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God I’d die happy seeing a cat flight attendant greeting me and waving me off.
She IS! She IS the cutest little student ever 😄 not just training but "Bye" training! 😲👏👏👏 She clearly loves the mental stimulation as much as the treats. Gold star Billi ⭐... Kendra gets the gold heart 🤎
Her requests for training are so impressive. She knows it means special time with Mom AND treats, but it also means she's getting to keep her brain engaged. I love it!
My cat thoroughly enjoyed learning new behaviors and would sometimes just start doing them to let me know he wanted training time. It's so exciting to witness.
That's so cute that Billi actually asks for training! My cat is not super food motivated, she's socially motivated, and yet, whenever I grab her bowl of food and head into the bedroom to do some training, she gets super excited and runs after me. Food that she normally finds to be just so-so she is suddenly super eager to eat when it's coming from my hand and being done in exchange for tricks!
I can't decide what's cuter -- her wave or your laughter! Thanks for sharing this. I trained my cats to sit, circle, and high five, but this is next level!
I’m just tickled every time she does it 😂
@@BilliSpeaks you are a WONDERFUL human being. Gosh I'm so glad to know you exist. Please continue existing!
She's getting smarter everyday
Billi knows she'll get treats during the training. Treats are a very good thing and hearing mum happy is also a good thing.
I think she actually loves the mental stimulation as much as her treats. She has a (food) mousey button if it was about treats. She's a really switched on cat. But totally agree that she really loves her mums company ☺️
@@SquirrelThis I meant that Billi enjoy spending time with mum and that treats are a bonus. I never meant she was pleasing mum.
@@CarJul666 ooh just re read my comment…. So sorry that capital NOT made it read like I was being a snotty twat. Bad habbit. Didn’t mean it that way at all. (Me typing too early in the morning, brain not switched on 😄)
The best part was when the Humom laughed and said "it's so cute!" and had to kiss Billi.
She is so amazing, as is her Mama! I love watching these videos. I used button switches with my special needs students who were non verbal. I know the joy of having kids/cats "get it". We've had many shouts of joy over kids who finally had a voice. I found typical kids in the same age and ethnicity to record their "voices", and used those students exclusively. They would come in before/after school or during breaks to record new messages for the day or week. I had some step-by-step buttons that we used for knock, knock jokes. That was a hit all over campus. 🎉 Congratulations, Billie, on learning a new skill - and for specifically asking to learn it!
That’s incredible! Props to you for being such an advocate!
That's so lovely! You're doing amazing work
THANK YOU for giving nonverbal students a chance to communicate AND for recording it in a voice like theirs, as an autistic person this makes me so happy to hear about.
My brother is NV and I've been wondering if buttons could help him!
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the fact she asked for training blows my mind. 😻
I honestly think it's more interesting that she understood that "bye" the button and "bye" the command meant the same thing
Not only did she ask for training but she asked for Bye Training! Such a clever girl!
I just woke up my partner via "AWWWW"!!
... It was absolutely worth it
*OK, I WILL ADMIT IT --- I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS KITTY, SHE IS JUST SO AWESOME.*
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Billi "Mom we can't be done training I'm still hungry" lol Great job!
SHES SO CUTE WAVING BYE OMGGGG
I think Billi’s a scientist. She wants to know what you’re doing and is studying you by prompting a behavior!
Oh my fucking god. Just when I thought Billi couldn't be anymore adorable. Definitely stole my heart after that first bye.💖😍✨🌟✨🌟
She actually asked to be trained !? That’s amazing 🤩
It just goes to show that you can teach a cat new tricks at any age. Billi is such a good student!
"Bye training" what a smartie!
I love at the end there "gotta clean that dust off for you Mom"
What a studious girl! But seriously, I'm so impressed everyday with Billi and Billi's mom on this channel. Every single time I think that she's smashed expectations, she goes and does it again!
That is the cutest! Billi waving bye is just precious! Such an intelligent kitty. She's easy to train.❤
Learning is fun [and there's treats], so of course I want to learn! -Billi, probably
When “food” requests aren’t working, next try “training”.
Exactly 😹
I love that Billi seeks out Training!
In Billi's mind : "Time to train my human."
Awwwww. She wants to learn. 🥹
She wants to earn treats for tricks!
I love watching the wheels turn in their heads as they figure it out! Though I keep reading LRS as lactated ringers solution 🤣
Its such an awesome treat to see her learning progression and your technique! Billi knows she needs to keep her mind active and her belly full of treats!
...it's a good bond-building and interaction activity if nothing else....I've never had to train my service dogs from scratch but I do have to maintain the commands I want to keep smooth. Both my dogs thrived on this activity but for a housepet, it might be even more essential as they are alone a lot more and have a lot of self-directed time every day.
Seeing all the effort that went into this makes it boggle my mind even more that I had a pet rat years ago that taught herself this. My household was living in a split level at the time and her cage was at the top of the entrance stairs, and one day, she just started waving bye to us whenever we were leaving.
The sass level is gonna increase 🤣My heart when she asked for training 💖
This is the most ADORABLE THING I've seen! So love her waving her little white paw in the air!
This was incredible to watch! Can we see more videos of how you train Billi? I love seeing the process.
Yes! We have a few, and I sprinkle them in occasionally 🤗
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! 😭 The cuteness is unreal!!!!!! 😀 She's so incredibly smart. My boyfriend and I plan on doing this when we get our cat in the future. He's the one that actually got me into watching this channel! I love watching you teach her! ❤️❤️
This is a fantastic example of what it takes to train a cat. There is a lot more repetition than with a dog but cats can learn a lot more than people give them credit for. I always had little commands that my cats would follow without any issues. The biggest on was ringing a bell outside for them to come in for dinner. It worked fantastic.
Whenever I put down the food dish I would ring the bell. It didn’t take long for them to connect the two and come to the bell. Even when blocks away.
Billi doesn't get trained, she orders training !
I love watching you do training with Billie. I never figured out on my own how to motivate my pets or to break the lesson down like you do. Thank you for showing the process!
She is actively seeking out the interactions involved in training. When we know she can get cuddles and treats through other interactions it does strongly suggest she desires to make these new and unfamiliar associations. Especially since they are not direct to her experience. By that I mean she is not saying "bye" to you but to an ephemeral audience.
It’s wonderful that she asks for training.
Oh holy hell she's so cute when she waves💗
I just can't...I'm ded...Billie is so clever.
Really loved this video. Thanks for this lesson, not just the one for Billi, but especially for us! =^.^=
What a brilliant learning approach
Billi has been so amazing bc she is so open to trying and learning new things. Not sure if that's bc of her amazing Mom or just her personality, or maybe a little of both. After the fiasco with the food mousey, where my Lily was shocked and awed to realize I intended for her to bat it to make crunchies come out, I can just imagine if I suggested any kind of training. She'd probably respond something like, Yeah sure I'll do that after you practice diving head first off the balcony.
Thanks for sharing the teaching/ learning process with us! So interesting!
aww i love the fact that she actually ASKS for training!! thats so precious and awesome that she's enthusiastic about learning new things:)
This reminds me just how smart my little feral buddy is. I trained him to do like five tricks and I didn't even really know how to indicate to him what I wanted most of the time. The most similar thing I did to this video is I'd reward him the closer he got to what I wanted until he figured it out - and try not to regress, of course.
I'll have to see about "bye" I'm sure he'd like another treat harvester in his arsenal.
I hope one day Billi will wave bye after pressing bye button
Billi is one adorable smart kitty ......you go girl!!!!!🤍🤎❤💜🤍🧡💙🤍🧡💚🧡🤍💛🤍
She’s so cute
I wonder if Billi is right handed or left for better waves? lol
She’s left pawed for most things!
her looking at the camera too...she is a genius
I agree, this behavior brings joy. So cute! 🤩
I want to see Billi doing "bye" instead of "all done" after petting 😅
Food motivated would def make training easier! She's so bright❤ I still just love the look on her face the most though. It just tickles me to no end.
What a smarty pants! How cool is it to see how much she's understanding. Can't let the dogs have all the fun learning new tricks! 😹
I did clicker training with my horse. He loved it. Sometimes though, I wouldn't make it clear and hec would get frustrated and walk away. I always felt bad when that happened
"Bye" is the new "mad."
I cant wait to see Super Billie use this in her every day conversations!
This is almost more cuteness than my heart can stand.
At The beginning I thought was just a reflex…but at the end you definitely can see that she gets the “logic” of the training! AMAZING!❤
Billie is the bestest girl! 🐾
Billie never ceases to amaze me!!😺She's so smart,and you do a good job in training Billi!
This is soooo good. Thank you for training us how to train our pets 😍
Mom: Palm
Billie: mine or yours?
Mom: Good
Billie: Good? whatever I like snacking
The way you said good the first time she lifted her paw sounded just like my fitness instructor when I first completed a push up 😭 . Took me weeks though ,she should have incorporated treats 🤔
Lmao 😂😂
“Teach us how to say goodbye, say goodbye, you and i!”
Awwww…. I love her little wave! Billi is so cute!
She's sooo fluffing adorable !! 🥰😸
She’s a smart cookie!!!!
So intelligent and cute paw waving bye. 😸😺❤️❤️❤️
Clever girl Billi wants to learn new training, it's fascinating to watch how you do this. I bet she makes you proud. 😄😍❤️
I love training videos its so cool to see the process and with the description texts you make along the video I learn a lot for my futur cat(s) on how to make learning positive and not frustating for them, love your videos from France and hope you'll do more explicative videos like this! (Sorry if there are fault or anomalies my english is not perfect)
Next......"Queen Wave". 👑🤚
I had a very, very smart cat once who would sit, sit up, lie down, roll over, shake hands, speak, and did impressions of an owl a bunny and a sheep. I was never sure if I trained her, or she trained me.
I guess she likes working for food.
Astounding, I love it hahahahaha, Good JOB Billie
Billi is just so smart! When I was growing up, we never would have thought to train our cat. We trained the dog to shake, and she got so wise to it, she would come into the kitchen and raise her paw to "shake" to ask for a treat. She trained her hoomans, LOL. Has Billi trained you yet when she wants treats? I guess asking for "Bye training" was her way of asking for a jackpot of treats!
My goodness she is getting so g8 at this now. I was impressed before but the video of her asking for food and u stating there was none and then offering to go outside and she ended up mad was a full blown conversation with requests, barter, anger, compromise. So brilliant.
it warms my heart to see how much smarter they are than people thought
Billi is so adorable,she is a smart beautiful kitty.
I'm so proud of Billi! She is so smart. My husband is continually amazed at how much she knows. I think he was skeptical at first. I have been thinking of doing the buttons with our cat Abby. I think she'd enjoy it! Me too! 😻
Just when I think she can't get any smarter. ❤️ Billi
I appreciate your sharing the techniques of this training with us. I love watching Billi use her skills. Billi is so smart and pretty. 😊
This is so neat! I love how eager she is to participate and learn new "tricks." I put the word into quotations because it's more than "just" tricks. She's understanding the process, initiating the process and will at some point use the new word/movement in her own ways just as she has the others she's learned.
I think you would really enjoy watching Warwick Schiller's take on working with horses- which is so much like this type of interaction.
Billi is a fast learner that’s for sure and it really impressive that you spare your time for this and youre patient.
clever Billi knows 'bye training' = *FOOD* 😹😼 (plus cats are clever, intelligent & curious, food alone wouldn't motivate Billi to learn) 🤔
This is outrageously adorable.